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Kodiak, Alaska is located in Kodiak Island County. Zip codes in Kodiak, AK include 99619, 99615, and 99697. More Kodiak information.

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Saturday | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Fate of ship seized off Alaska still undecided

A ship seized for illegal fishing last September remains in Dutch Harbor while a federal court decides what to do with it.

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Saturday | Anchorage Daily News

Kodiak refuge steps up fight to contain invasive species

While Kodiak's soil is buried beneath 2 feet of snow, biologists at the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and the Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District are working to reduce the number of invasive weeds that emerge when that snow melts.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Processors sue after being cut out of rockfish program

Five companies with processing operations in Kodiak that took nearly every delivery under the expired Gulf of Alaska rockfish pilot program sued National Marine Fisheries Service Jan.

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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Army Corps to dredge Kodiak harbor

A federal agency will dredge the entrance to St. Paul Harbor in Kodiak. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports the Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday it has set aside $1.7 million for the work.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

Homer News

Bad weather slows, but doesn't stop crab fishery

The boats that braved the brutal weather to fish the bairdi tanner crab season in Kodiak, Chignik and the southern Alaska Peninsula are mostly done, in spite of a 10-day weather hold at the start of the season for the Chignik fleet.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

Anchorage Daily News

Homer business's nets quite a catch

It's been 17 years since Matt Alward did his first for-hire work on nets. Today, Alward owns and operates Bulletproof Nets and, with the help of an eight-10 person crew, keeps a steady flow of work -- seine nets to be built and repaired -- coming in and out of his shop in Northern Enterprises' boatyard.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Boat that ran aground near Kodiak will be salvaged once officials sign off

A salvage plan for a fishing vessel that ran aground west of Kodiak Island nearly two weeks ago is awaiting approval.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

Peninsula Clarion

Kodiak pilot and his plane a staple on the island

The veteran pilot has been flying since 1966, making him the most experienced regular flier on Kodiak Island.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

Homer News

Fishing business mixes 'old world art' with technological advances to build Bulletproof Nets

It's been 17 years since Matt Alward did his first for-hire work on nets. Today, Alward owns and operates Bulletproof Nets and, with the help of an eight-10 person crew, keeps a steady flow of work - seine nets to be built and repaired - coming in and out of his shop in Northern Enterprises' boatyard.

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Capital City Weekly

Fish Factor: Hard times for halibut, Bering Sea fisheries

As expected, there will be less halibut available for fishermen to catch this year - an 18 percent drop to 33 million pounds, to be split among fisheries along the West Coast, British Columbia and Alaska.

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Sat Jan 28, 2012

Anchorage Daily News

Halibut stocks continue to decline amid concerns

As expected, there will be fewer halibut available for fishermen to catch this year -- an 18 percent reduction to 33 million pounds, split among fisheries along the West Coast, British Columbia and Alaska.

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Deseret News

Kodiak guides committed to low-impact adventure

In May 2011, New York Times writer Ted O'Ccallahan traveled to Kodiak Island in search of an environmentally friendly way to see bears.

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Washington Examiner

Kodiak guides committed to low-impact adventure

Brigid and Harry Dodge, owners of Kodiak Treks, pose with their dog, Reuben, on a beach near their lodge in Kodiak, Alaska in this 2008 photo.

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Wed Jan 25, 2012

Capital City Weekly

Industry innovation and shipbuilding firsts in Ketchikan

An array of 19 new seafood products will compete for top honors at the annual Symphony of Seafood contest, and the crowd will choose the popular People's Choice award.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012

WOODTV.com

Snowmobiler buried by avalanche - " duga

A A Click picture to enlarge or better yet, click here for the amazing video .A The road to Paradise in Mt.

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Sat Jan 21, 2012

Anchorage Daily News

19 seafood entries compete in Seattle

An array of 19 new seafood products will compete for top honors at the annual Symphony of Seafood contest in Seattle.

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CNN

Japan Tsunami Debris Reaches Coastal Alaska

The probable first Japan tsunami debris has reached the beaches of Yakutat, Alaska.

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Fri Jan 20, 2012

Peninsula Clarion

Kodiak storage biz offers cool options

It's tough to sell refrigeration to Alaskans in winter. Gretchen Wing doesn't have to - they come to her.

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Tue Jan 17, 2012

Anchorage Daily News

Taste of Kodiak celebration on Monday

ORSO and the Alaska Marine Conservation Council are teaming up Monday for a Taste of Kodiak celebration featuring tanner crab.

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